Toilet article.



' R. n. LEARY.

TOILET ARTICLE- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, I913.

1,184,46Z. Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED 020.29. 1913.

1,134,467. Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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WITNESSES! INVENTOR Z ,liolaerfllLeary. Q BY 2? W 47 a/J/I I All omeys THE NORRIS PETERS c0. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D, C.

UNITE ROBERT D. LEARY, OF \VORCESTEB, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOILET ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed December 2-9, 1913. Serial No. 809,154.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT D. LEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Worcester, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a cer tain new and useful Toilet Article, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a toilet article and relates, more particularly, to devices wherein the operable portion thereof 6. 9., a brush, comb, etc., is made readily detachable from a permanent handle whereby such operable member may be replaced or renewed. The operable member is foldable within the handle, thereby producing a very compact and sanitary article.

The present invention embodies unprovements in toilet articles of the character set forth and claimed in my co-pending appl1- cation Serial No. 720,453.

Among the novel features of the invent on may be mentioned, first, a slotted connection between the operating member and the handle, consisting, preferably, of a two-way slot in the operable member adapted for detachable connection with a pintle on the handle; second, a plurality of operable members, 6. 9., a brush and comb, detachable from, and foldable within, a common handle, and, third, an improved closure for the casing which constitutes the handle of the article.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the form of my invention wherein a comb and brush are mounted on a common handle, this view showing the brush in operative position, while the comb is folded within the handle. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the comb being in operative position and the brush positioned within the casing. Fig. 8 is a central, longitudinal section through the handle, showing both the comb and brush in closed position therein, said section being taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows one of the toilet articles detached from the handle and illustrates my improved means for detachably connecting said article to the handle. Fig. 5 is a section taken in the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, showing the comb in position for use, the closure for the casing which comprises the handle being shown in its opened position. Fig. 6 is a section like unto that shown in Fig. 5, the comb being shown in the position for ready detachment from the handle, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section through the handle, illustrating means whereby the closure therefor may be held in closed position.

Referring to said drawings, A designates a casing which, according to my invention, constitutes the handle for one or more toilet articles. I have illustrated, in the drawings, a casing of such dimensions and shape as to be adapted for use as a handle for two toilet articles, namely, a comb B, and a brush B. One end of the comb and of the brush is secured to the handle by means of a pintle C, mounted on the handle, with which pintle cooperates improved attaching means hereinafter more fully described.

The handle A, is constructed in the form of a casing shaped to best receive the toilet articles with which it is adapted for use and, in the preferred form, is provided on one of its edges with a combined sliding and pivoted closure D. The closure D is pivoted to the casing by cooperating rolled, hinge members a, (Z, formed on the casing and on the closure, respectively, through which passes a pin cl. The closure is thus adapted for pivotal movement relative to the casing and a portion of the hinge member a is cut away at one end to allow of sliding movement of the closure. That end of the casing to which the toilet articles are pivoted is provided with complementary laterally and inwardly extending lips e, and the closure is cut away, as at 6', so that, when said closure is slid toward the end of the casing to which is pivoted the toilet articles, the cut-away portion of said closure passes between and beneath the lips 0, thereby maintaining it against pivotal movement on the hinge members. For the purpose of still further locking the closure D to the casing, 1, preferably, form an inturned lip c on the casing with which a keeper 6 fixed on the closure, cooperates. Thus, when the closure is slid forwardly, it is tightly maintained against pivotal movement by the lips 6, 6

Having described the construction of the casing A, which forms the handle of the implement, the improved and novel manner in which I detachably connect thetoilet articles thereto will next be considered. Both the brush and comb are secured to the handle in like manner and thus, for clearness and simplicity of description, I will simply set forth the manner in which the comb is attached, it being understood that the brush is similarly secured to the handle;

The comb B is provided, near its rearward end, with a slot 7), which extends longitudinally of; the comb and preferably near the medial line thereof, and intermediate the ends of thisslot isa. secondary slot b,, which opens communication between the slot and the outer edge'of thecomb. \Vhen it is desired to insert the comb into the handle, the

closure D thereof. is swung back on the hinge members and. the-comb placed in a position similar to that illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, whereupon the slot Z) may be passedover the pintle-C,,to allow said pintle to enter the slot 6, after which the comb may be swung outwardly into operative positionor folded; within, the handle. WVhen the comb is swung into operative positions, it is-revolved on the pintle G, into the dotted line position illustrated in Fig. 5, after which a push on the comb, in a longitudinal direction, causes the comb to move rearwardly until the pintle C, engages the blind; end, of the slot 6, and the combv assumes the position illustrated in full in Fig. 5. The comb is, preferably, made of such width that the distance between the slot and the back edge of. the comb is substantially equal to the distance between the pintle and the fixed wall of the casing A. Thus, when the comb has been moved to the operative position illustrated in Fig. 5, its rear will engage the fixed wall of the casing and Will be held thereagainst by the pintle C, whereby, pivotal movement of the comb on the pintleis precluded and the comb rigidly fixed for the operation of combing the hair.

The locking of the comb in position having been accomplished, the closure D, is swung shut and slid into its locked position, thereby further locking the comb rigidly to the handle.

When it is desired to fold the comb into the casing for convenience in transportation, or any other reason, the foregoing operationof bringing the comb into operative position is reversed, the comb beingswung intothe casing, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. It, will be manifest that, when the comb is in use, the brush is, preferably, left within. the casing and, in like manner, when the brush is being utilized,

' the comb is in its closed form.

When a. casing of the type hereinbefore described is utilized, I'havefound it advisable tol form bossesf, 7", which project on theinterior'of. the casing, and the. pintle G extends-through these bosses. Thefaces of bosses f, 7, form the bearing surfaces adja-- able therein and detachable therefr.om,.ac-

cording to my invention.

While I have illustrated. and described a casing embodying my preferred. form. 'of. construction, the adaptation of the present invention is not limited to this specific form,

since, clearly, the particular form andtconstructlon of the handle member may be varied'to sult varlous conditions.

The device of the present inventionsprovides a neat, compact and sanitary toilet article which may be readily-carried in. the pocket or valise, without danger of. injuring the operable member thereof; is sim highly eiiicient and economicaltomanu ture; and my improved means of. detachably securing the operable. member to=the handle makes it possible to renew or clean said operablemember at will.

It will be obvious that the present invention embodies numerous features of constructionand that, manifestly, some of these features may be employed separately in the manufacture of devices of the class de-- scribed, without necessarilyemploying all.

Having thus fully described. the invention, what I claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is,:--

1. A toilet article provided with alongitudinally extending slot, a handle for. said article embodying a casing provided in its interior with a pintle, said toiletarticle being cut-away for aportion of its extent between the slot and at one of its, lateral edges so asto permit the pintle'in-thehandle to enter the slot, whereupon the longitudinal shifting of the toilet articles-brings one of its lateral edges into engagement with the interior of the handle, while, the;

pintle is extending through the slot,.whereby said toilet article is, rigidly locked against pivotal movement on thepintle.

2. A toilet article provided with a-twoway slot, a handle, for thearticle,embodying;v a casing, a-pintle within said-handle, therslot in. the toilet article being adapted to be passed over the pintle in the handle, and.the toilet article thereafter movedlongitudinally within the handle for a portion of 'itsiextentlq to permit a portion of one of the; lateral edges of the. toilet article to engage withthe interior of the casing while the pintle is extending through the slot, whereby the toilet article is rigidly locked to said handle against pivotal movement in either direction.

3. A toilet article having a slot, and a handle for said toilet article, which handle is provided with a pintle adapted to cooperate with the slot of the toilet article, whereby said toilet article is mounted for pivotal movement in the handle, said handle being hollow, a sliding closure for said handle, which closure, when in its closed position, serves to maintain the toilet article against pivotal movement on the pintle.

4. A toilet article provided with a twoway slot one portion of which extends longitudinally of the toilet article and the other transversely thereof, a handle for said toilet article, a pintle mounted on the handle and adapted to cooperate with the slot in the toilet article, whereby the longitudinal movement of the toilet article, with the pintle in the longitudinal portion of the slot thereof, causes one of the edges of the toilet article to engage with the interior wall of the handle for the purpose of rigidly precluding pivotal movement of the toilet article in either direction, said toilet article being shiftable to a position in angular relation to the handle to allow of its removal from the pintle.

5. A toilet article provided with a slot, a handle for said toilet article, and a pintle mounted on the handle and adapted to cooperate with the slot in the toilet article, said pintle being mounted in such position within the handle that when the toilet article is positioned on the pintle one edge thereof will engage with the handle, whereby the movement of the toilet article longitudinally of its length causes one of its lateral edges to contact with the casing of the handle, while the pintle is extending through the slot for the purpose of rigidly locking the toilet article against pivotal movement on the pintle, and said toilet article being cutaway for a portion of its extent between the slot and one of its lateral edges, whereby it may be removed from the pintle.

6. A toilet article provided with a slot, a handle for said toilet article, a pintle mounted on the handle and adapted to cooperate with the slot in the toilet article, said pintle being positioned at a distance from one side of the handle equal to the distance from the slot in the toilet article to one of the lateral edges thereof, whereby the movement of the toilet article longitudinally of its length causes one of its lateral edges to contact with the casing of the handle, while the pintle is extending through the slot, for the purpose of locking the toilet article against pivotal movement on the pintle, and a sliding closure for the handle, said closure being adapted, when slid into closed position,to engage the opposite lateral edge of the toilet article from that resting against the casing of the handle, for the purpose of more rigidly securing the toilet article against pivotal movement.

7 A toilet article provided at one end with a two-way slot, one portion of which extends longitudinally of the article, and the other portion thereof extends transversely of the article and opens communication between the longitudinal reach of the slot and the lateral edge of the toilet article, a hollow handle for said toilet article, and a pintle positioned within the handle whereby, upon the manipulation of the toilet article to place it in a position in angular relation to the longitudinal axis of the handle, the pintle is adapted to enter the longitudinal reach of the slot, the toilet article thereafter being adapted to be folded within said handle or swung to an exterior position in alinement therewith, whereupon the longitudinal movement of the toilet article causes the pintle to travel longitudinally of the slot, and thereby lock the toilet article against pivotal movement on said pintle.

8. A toilet article having a slot extending longitudinally thereof, a handle for said toilet article, which handle is in the form of a casing provided in its interior with a pintle, the toilet article being cut-away for a portion of its extent between the slot at one of its lateral edgeswhereby the pintle in the handle may enter the slot, whereupon the longitudinally shifting of the toilet article brings its uncut lateral edge into engagement with the interior of the handle while the pintle is extending through the slot for the purpose of rigidly locking said toilet article against pivotal movement on the pintle.

9. A toilet article having a slot extending longitudinally thereof, a handle for said toilet article, which handle is provided with a pintle, the toilet article being cut-away for a portion of its extent between the slot at one of its lateral edges, whereby the pintle of the handle may enter the slot, whereupon the longitudinal shifting of the toilet article causes it to cooperate with the handle and with the pintle to rigidly lock said toilet article against pivotal movement on the pintle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT D. LEARY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. CAMPBELL, MARY J OYGE.

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Washington, D. 0. 

